This report describes HP’s global citizenship policies, programs and performance in the fiscal year 2007 (which ended October 31, 2007).
Reporting is a fundamental aspect of our global citizenship activities and an important form of communication with many stakeholders. The process of producing the report, the report itself and feedback from readers all help to increase awareness of global citizenship issues and promote continual improvement within HP.
We update our report based on changes to our business, emerging issues, stakeholder feedback, evolution in external standards such as the Global Reporting Initiative, plus analysis and research that include benchmarking of industry reports and assessment of cross-industry leadership reporting trends.
We want our reporting to demonstrate leadership, address stakeholder needs and anticipate trends. The format and focus may change over time to reflect this, but we plan to continue producing a detailed Global Citizenship Report and versions targeted at different audiences. We may also produce other global citizenship communications as the needs arise.
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This comprehensive web report is our primary means of communicating to stakeholders who want in-depth information about our global citizenship efforts. These stakeholders include industry analysts, socially responsible investors, nongovernmental organizations, employees and corporate responsibility specialists. It covers a broad range of global citizenship issues, led by our three priority areas: supply chain responsibility, energy efficiency and reuse and recycling.
Each major report section describes our approach to managing the issues, supported by detailed pages with performance data and in some instances case studies, goals and external perspectives. We also explain our approach to assurance.
We have also produced a shorter, customer-focused PDF version, aimed at business customers and others who want focused coverage of our global citizenship activity. It highlights how our efforts in our three priority areas create value for customers, discusses several other important issues, and provides targeted regional content plus relevant links to the full report. This will be localized and translated for 23 countries and regions.
This is HP’s seventh annual Global Citizenship Report. Previous reports are available from the Downloads page.
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We considered the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) Sustainability Reporting Guidelines (G3) in preparing this report and include a comprehensive GRI index. We self-declare this report to GRI Application Level B.
We are also a participant of the United Nations Global Compact, a voluntary UN initiative relating to human rights, labor, the environment and anti-corruption. HP’s chairman, chief executive officer and president, Mark Hurd, references the company’s support of the Global Compact in his executive letter. The table below includes links to sections in this report that address each of the Global Compact’s ten principles.
To increase the usability of this report, we include the following pages and features:
- This report covers all HP operations but does not include joint ventures.
- Unless otherwise noted, all references to 2007 refer to the fiscal year, which ended October 31, 2007.
- All references to dollars are to U.S. dollars.
- "Tonnes" refers to metric tonnes. (One metric tonne is equivalent to 2,205 pounds.)
The metrics and goals in this report are established and measured by the groups responsible for achieving them. This is done in consultation with internal, and in some cases external, stakeholders, and considers benchmarks of leadership practices. This ensures that the metrics we use provide a meaningful and balanced picture of our performance, and that our goals are realistic yet challenging.
A global company of HP's size faces various challenges when measuring its performance. Data collection from hundreds of sites is complex. It also takes time to standardize new measures globally, as systems and activities may vary throughout our business. This can make it difficult to find common measures that are appropriate across the whole company. We continue to work on standardizing our measurement systems and metrics.
Another challenge is to report performance beyond that of our immediate operations. For example, we must make several assumptions when estimating the energy consumed by products during their use and the resulting greenhouse gas emissions, or the percentage of HP products sold that are recycled.
Wherever possible, we describe the context for performance data so readers can understand any limitations and draw appropriate conclusions.
ENERGY STAR is a registered mark owned by the U.S. government.
Intel SpeedStep and Intel Core are trademarks of Intel Corporation in the U.S. and other countries.
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